The first news is good news, as they don’t say....
Ten years of toil have finally got what they wanted for Mexico. And apart from a scare in early 1848 when Belguim overtook me, my top eight standing looked solid throughout the rest of this update.
I start to reap the gains of this with the start of my SOI.
The USCA has kindly agreed to become the first member of my Sphere, and promptly allies with me as well. I accept, as insurance for if I drop out of the top eight.
I reach another significant milestone in May 1850, breaking the 'ten barrier'.
This means I can research any Level One tech in less than year. See, Mexico isn't such a backwater!
The USA agrres with me, and decides it needs cores on my territory. Thanks a lot!
Also, the crapitalist boom has started... take a look.
Fantastic. Just like my budget.
I eventually decide to do something about this, and my adjustments show just how big my military budget is.
The
only change I made was to military spending, which is still over 70%.
The crapitalists don't take my example to heart, and only get worse.
In protest some political parties form.
The original Liberal party still exists.
And suprise, suprise, here they come again.
Okay, it was a little more than five years. You can't have everything.